The Defaults Edition

Update existing installations using Update > Omarchy from Omarchy menu (Super + Alt + Space).

Install on new machines with the ISO:

• Download: https://iso.omarchy.org/omarchy-3.8.0.iso
• SHA256: a9b271e8884dc123f0787e10cff3153dca7361cc6583edd1a3baa283a031f872

Features

• Add setting reminders via Super + Ctrl + R, seeing all the ones set via Super + Ctrl + Alt + R, and clearing all via Super + Ctrl + Shift + R. Everything also accessible via Trigger > Reminder by @dhh
• Add live weather in the waybar and as a notification on Super + Ctrl + Alt + W by @dhh
• Add Trigger > Transcode, Super + Ctrl + ., and omarchy transcode menu/CLI for video, audio, and gif transcoding by @dhh
• Add transcode option to right-click file menu in file manager by @28allday
• Add Amiga, C64, and Amstrad cores to the default RetroArch setup by @dhh
• Add ~/.config/omarchy/hooks/post-update.d/my.hook directory-style hooks instead of a single file (easier for extensions to drop files than munge a single config) by @dhh
• Add post-boot notification hooks by @dhh
• Add offer to install Voxtype Dictation on new installers after first update by @dhh
• Add Bluetooth A2DP auto-connect in WirePlumber for more resilient Bluetooth audio connections by @dandresrp

Defaults

• Add Setup > Default > Browser/Terminal/Editor to choose the system-wide application by @dhh
• Add Install > Browser to install and switch the default browser to Chrome, Brave, Brave Origin, Firefox, or Zen by @dhh
• Add Foot terminal as an installable terminal option, including live theming by @dhh
• Add option to install without encryption through the ISO by @dhh
• Add Colemak keyboard layout option to ISO install flow by @danielmain

Aesthetics

• Add ASCII-logo screensaver and about-screen generation from any image by @ryanrhughes
• Add theming to the Zed editor when installed via Install > Editor by @pomartel
• Add fully matching theme for SDDM logins to the decryption style by @dhh
• Add light/dark mode syncing to the pi agent by @dhh
• Fix Catppuccin theme colorscheme name by @jcorbalan
• Fix theme refreshing to no longer changes the selected background image by @dhh
• Fix relative wallpaper paths before creating background symlinks by @alexoxte
• Fix no-gaps mode so rounding is also disabled by @maxguzenski
• Fix Helix theming legibility by @lukehsiao

Controls

• Add better idle handling: lock/sleep/wake flows now turn displays and keyboard brightness off and back on more reliably by @dhh
• Add middle-click paste consistency across GTK/Chromium apps by enabling primary selection paste on button 3 by @peteonrails
• Add tmux extended keys by default by @dhh
• Add file completions after Omarchy command completions run out by @dhh

Compatibility

• Add Studio Display XDR support by @miharekar
• Add Trigger > Hardware > Touchpad Haptic to control the haptic strength level of the Dell XPS 2026 by @jacob-vincent-mink, @dhh
• Fix audio on Intel Panther Lake systems with DSP by installing sof-firmware @mijuny
• Fix bass speaker for Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 14IAH10 by @aikazu
• Fix Asus Zenbook UX5406AA display backlight by @mateuszkowalczyk
• Fix hardware video acceleration for non-X-series Panther Lake Chips by @mateuszkowalczyk

Fixes

• Fix manual screen lock so the display powers off shortly after locking by @dhh
• Fix RetroArch joypad autoconfiguration and joypad directory setup by @dhh
• Fix omarchy cli metadata inconsistencies by @dhh
• Fix omarchy refresh applications should also update npx stubs by @dhh
• Fix installer formatting breaking on some preexisting linux installations by @dhh
• Fix pi package migrated to @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent by @ryanrhughes
• Fix identical notifications should be grouped by @dhh

Feature presentations

Set reminders

Omarchy now has a built-in way to set simple reminders based on a countdown timer and with a message. You can do this via Super + Ctrl + R, seeing all the ones set via Super + Ctrl + Alt + R, and clearing all via Super + Ctrl + Shift + R. Everything also accessible via Trigger > Reminder. You can also use the cli with omarchy reminder 7 'Tea ready'.

Live weather in Waybar and notification

Live weather is now available in the Waybar when you have an internet connection. It uses the brilliant https://wttr.in as the backend, translates that to cute glyphs, and even considers day/night according to the local sunrise/sunset times.

There's also a more detailed notification you can trigger with Super + Ctrl + Alt + W:

Set Default Browser/Terminal/Editor

The holy trifecta of productivity defaults can now be set explicitly from the menu. Whether you like Foot or Ghostty, Chromium or Zen, Neovim or Helix, you can make Omarchy yours with very little effort. Install what you need from Install > Terminal or Install > Editor or Install > Browser, then set your default or change it via Setup > Defaults.

Browser installer

Omarchy can now install browsers with all the correct configs for Omarchy from the install menu. Browser-specific styling was moved into this flow, so changing browsers keeps Omarchy's theme integration intact.

You get live theming with Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Brave Origin.

Foot terminal option

Foot joins the terminal lineup with Omarchy defaults and theme support. Install it from Install > Terminal and theme it like the rest of the system. It's a remarkably light terminal, using about a fifth of the memory footprint of other already light options like Alacritty:

No-encryption installs

Omarchy strongly recommends using encryption with any installation going onto a machine that can be stolen or lost. But if you're running Omarchy on a headless server that's fully secured, it can make sense to turn off encryption to make it easier to do remote restarts. This can now be done on the disk confirmation stage during install by hitting Ctrl + c. An unencrypted install still asks for the password on boot, but as part of the normal login process. Not pre-boot.

ASCII image screensaver + about screen

You can now set the screensaver to an ASCII-rendered version of an image, giving the lock/idle experience another fun customization opportunity. You do this via Style > Screensaver > Set From Image.

The same can be done for the about screen via Style > Screensaver > Set From Image.

Zed with Omarchy themes

Zed will now get live theming when installed via Install > Editor > Zed.

Transcoding flow

You can now transcode images and videos directly from the Omarchy menu through Trigger > Transcode or Super + Ctrl + R. Super handy when you've taken a screenshot and you need it as a small jpg (instead of the default png) or you've recorded a short video and you want it as a gif.

New Contributors

• @jscorbalan made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5572
• @ilyaZar made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5593
• @alexoxte made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5612
• @28allday made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5635
• @vitalibondar made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5623
• @aikazu made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5597
• @mateuszkowalczyk made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5620
• @dandresrp made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5336
• @patrickrodrigues-aa made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5656
• @twagner12 made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5661
• @mtp13 made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5660
• @jacob-vincent-mink made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5534
• @Jzwnl made their first contribution in https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5677

Full Changelog: https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/compare/v3.7.1...v3.8.0